diff --git a/services/presence/buddyiconcache.py b/services/presence/buddyiconcache.py
index c647fa81..9d355bb5 100644
--- a/services/presence/buddyiconcache.py
+++ b/services/presence/buddyiconcache.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 
 from sugar import env
-from sugar import util
 
 import os.path
 import cPickle